Weekend Sketch Challenge #110

It's time for another Weekend Sketch Challenge! This week's sketch is being hosted by Lori, so head on over to her blog to post your link if you play along. . .and we hope you do!

For my card today, I used an older Verve set called Beautiful Kindness. I stamped the butterfly image in Versamark onto black cardstock and then embossed with black embossing powder. I loved the tone-on-tone look. . .especially when the embossed butterfly is shiny. It makes it more elegant, don't you think? Don't know if you can see it in the picture, but the black piece of cardstock in the background is dry embossed with large polka dots. I used the Polka Dots QuicKutz folder for that. The focal piece was die cut using the Labels Four Nestabilities.



For more inspiration using this sketch, visit Cami, Jenn, Lori, and Sharon! Thanks for stopping by today and have a fabulous weekend! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Beautiful Kindness (Verve Stamps); Ink- Onyx Black (Versafine), Versamark; Paper- Riding Hood Red, Basic Black (SU), Kraft (PTI); Accessories- black embossing powder, paper piercer, Labels Four Nestabilities (Spellbinders), ribbon (Darice), Polka Dots embossing folder (QuicKutz); Finished card measures 5.5"x4.25"

Weekend Sketch Challenge #109

It's Friday and time for another Weekend Sketch Challenge!


For my card today, I used the Jolly Ornaments set from Our Craft Lounge. The different ornaments and and sentiments in the set are just adorable. I had to add that strip of paper for the sentiment, though, since the patterned paper was a little too busy. The sentiment got lost. :)


Be sure to stop and see the fabulous creations of Beate, Jenn, Laurie, Lori, Mary Jo and Sharon for more takes on this sketch! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Jolly Ornaments (Our Craft Lounge); Ink- Onyx Black (Versafine), Riding Hood Red (SU); Accessories- ribbon (Darice), circle and scallop circle punches (Marvy Uchida), paper piercer, Self-Adhesive rhinestones (Zva Creative); Finished card measures 5.5"x4.25"

Weekend Sketch Challenge #108

I can't believe it's Friday again already, let alone Black Friday! This year is just flying by!

For today's sketch, I decided to ink up one of the newest Papertrey Ink sets that I bought, Take Note. When I looked at this sketch, I thought this set would be perfect. I also used the Handwritten Notes set to make my "list". I added a little sponging to my "list" because it looked too clean! LOL My thought for this card was to send someone a reminder whenever they were feeling down and I thought if the paper looked a little aged, it would give the "this list has been around for a long time" kind of feel. :)

Be sure to stop and see what gorgeous creations Beate, Cambria, Jenn, Laurie, Lori, Mary Jo and Sharon have for you!

Hope you're having a wonderful day! Thanks for stopping by! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Take Note, Handwritten Notes (PTI); Ink- Onyx Black (Versafine), Dusty Durango (SU), New Leaf (PTI), Burnt Umber (Palette); Paper- Places You'll Go Key Ingredients (Taylored Expressions); Accessories- notepad (PTI), paper piercer, Dusty Durango marker, circle punch (SU); Finished card measures 5.5"x4.25"

Weekend Sketch Challenge #107

It's Friday again and time for another Weekend Sketch Challenge!

For my card today, I used one of the NEW sets from Our Craft Lounge called The Journey. You can find these and ALL of the new releases at ecelectic Paperie. This set is also the set you can win on my blog by going to this post and leaving a comment by midnight tonight!

Be sure to stop and see what Beate, Cambria, Jenn, Lori, Mary Jo and Sharon have created with this sketch! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Friday! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- The Journey (Our Craft Lounge); Ink- Burnt Umber (Palette), Dusty Durango (SU); Paper- Stomp, Round & Round (My Mind's Eye), Prism; Accessories- button (PTI), hemp, Chocolate Chip grosgrain (SU); Finished card measures 4.25" square

Weekend Sketch Challenge #106

Time for another Weekend Sketch Challenge! I didn't know what I was going to do with the sketch this week. Those tiles across the bottom really had me stumped! LOL

I finally decided to get out some old Verve. I used my Asian Flair set and stamped the boxes on Kiwi Kiss and Rich Razzleberry squares. Then I used the Just For You set for the little leaves and sentiment. The large leaf image is from the Forever in our Hearts set. To finish it up, I added a button and some faux stitching.

Be sure to stop and see what Beate, Cambria, Laurie, Lori, Mary Jo and Sharon have created using this sketch. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

On another note: Want a chance to win some AWESOME prizes? My friend Heather has come up with a fun Scavenger hunt to celebrate Our Craft Lounge's 1st Birthday that starts at 6 am (pacific time)! You can find all the the details at The Lounge. If you are a member in the forums, you can also find details and post questions here. Good luck! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Asian Flair, Just For You, Forever in our Hearts (Verve Stamps); Ink- Onyx Black (Versafine), Whisper White Craft, Rich Razzleberry, Kiwi Kiss, Soft Suede (SU); Paper- Kraft, True Black (PTI), Rich Razzleberry, Kiwi Kiss (SU); Accessories- button (PTI), paper piercer; Finished card measures 4.25"x5.5"

Weekend Sketch Challenge #105

It's Friday and time for another Weekend Sketch Challenge!

I decided to use a new Verve set for this sketch. This is the Holly Jolly set. I used some Christmas Magic paper from Fancy Pants Designs. I stamped the ornament on a pattern too, but it out and then added Stardust Stickles for a very sparkly ornament!

Be sure to stop and see what Beate, Cambria, Jenn, Lori, Mary Jo and Sharon have created using this sketch.

As this is posting, I'm heading to Stamping Around Philly! I can't wait to meet those of you who are coming! It's going to be a lot of fun!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Holly Jolly (Verve Stamps); Ink- Whisper White Craft (SU), Onxy Black (Versafine); Paper- Christmas Magic (Fancy Pants Designs), True Black (PTI); Accessories- scallop circle punch, circle punch (SU), paper piercer, Stardust Stickles; Finished card measures 5.5"x4.25"

Weekend Sketch Challenge #104

Are Fridays coming fast for you? They sure are for me and I'm not sure that's a good thing. Babies grow too fast, kids just start school and then they're graduating already! LOL I just can't believe how fast the weeks are going!

It's time for another Weekend Sketch Challenge! For my card is used one of the newest releases from Verve, Christmas In the Air. Instead of using actual strips of paper, I used the swirling line image from the set as that part of the sketch. I used Berry Sorbet and Pure Poppy ink as well as Whisper White Craft. I added some bling to the centers of the snowflakes.

Be sure to stop and see what Beate, Cambria, Jenn, Laurie, Lori, Mary Jo and Sharon have created using this sketch. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful weekend! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Christmas in the Air (Verve Stamps); Ink- Berry Sorbet, Pure Poppy (PTI), Whisper White Craft (SU); Paper- Berry Sorbet, Pure Poppy (PTI); Accessories- circle and scallop circle punches (Marvy Uchida), Taylor's Tiny Twinkles (Taylored Expressions), ribbon (Darice); Finished card measures 6"x 3"

Weekend Sketch Challenge #103

It's Friday and time for another Weekend Sketch Challenge! We'd love for you to play along! If you do, please use the keyword WSC103 when you upload to SCS.

For my card today, I'm giving you a peek of a new Verve set that will be released tonight! It's called O Christmas Tree. You can see more peeks of all of the new release sets on the Verve Blog. I colored the wreath using Copic markers. I added some gold glitter glue throughout the wreath. For the squares on either side of the focal image, I ran those through my Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder and then put gold glitter glue on each dot.

Be sure to stop and see what Beate, Cambria, Jenn, Laurie, Lori, Mary Jo and Sharon have created using this sketch. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful weekend! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- O Christmas Tree (Verve Stamps); Ink- Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Burnt Umber (Palette); Paper- Christmas Magic (Fancy Pants Designs), Dark Chocolate (PTI); Accessories- gold glitter glue, Copic markers, brads (Making Memories), paper piercer, Chocolate Chip marker, organdy ribbon (Darice); Finished card measures 4.25" square

Weekend Sketch Challenge #102

It's Friday and time for another Weekend Sketch Challenge! This week's sketch is a long card. I haven't made one of those in a while, so it was a nice change for me!

I used the Kindred Spirits set from Verve Stamps along with some Ooh La La paper from My Mind's Eye.



Be sure to stop and see what Beate, Cambria, Jenn, Laurie, Lori and Sharon have created using this sketch. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Kindred Spirits (Verve Stamps); Ink- Onyx Black (Versafine), Bermuda Bay (SU); Paper- True Black (PTI), Ooh La La (My Mind's Eye); Accessories- Jumbo circle and Mega Scallop circle punches (Marvy Uchida), ribbon (Darice), brads (Making Memories); Finished card measures 3"x6"

Weekend Sketch Challenge #101

Boy, Fridays are coming so quickly! It's a good thing, though! Time to check out the latest Weekend Sketch Challenge!


For my card, I decided to make a card for my sweet, sweet friend Shannan who's pretty sick right now. I hope it brings her some sunshine! I used the Wishing You set from Verve Stamps. I used some Kitchen Spice patterned paper from Bo Bunny (which is in the September 20th Key Ingredients at Taylored Expressions).



Head on over to see what Beate, Cambria, Jenn, Laurie, MaryJo and Sharon have created using this sketch. Thanks for stopping by and I hope your weekend is off to a great start! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Wishing You (Verve Stamps); Ink- Burnt Umber (Palette), Crushed Curry (SU); Paper-Kitchen Spice (Bo Bunny), Sunflower Medium (Prism); Accessories- buttons, twine; Finished card measures 5.5"x4.25"

Weekend Sketch Challenge #100

It's Friday, and you know what that means! Time for another Weekend Sketch Challenge! Can you believe it's #100!!!??? I can't. . .especially because I've been doing them since the beginning. It doesn't seem like that long ago! LOL

For my card I used the Starstruck set from Verve Stamps. For the "shooting stars", I stamped them in Crushed Curry ink, cut them out, ran them through the Xyron and then dunked them in Dazzling Diamonds glitter. Nice and sparkly!

Be sure to stop and see what Beate, Cambria, Jenn, Laurie,
Lori, MaryJo and Sharon have created using this sketch. I can't wait! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Starstruck (Verve Stamps); Ink- Onyx Black (Versafine), Crushed Curry (SU); Paper- Early Bird (Cosmo Cricket), Basic Black (SU); Accessories- Dazzling Diamonds glitter (SU), grosgrain (May Arts); Finished card measures 4.25" square

Weekend Sketch Challenge #99

It's Friday and time for another Weekend Sketch Challenge! If you play along (and we hope you will), please use WSC99 in the keyword section if you upload to SCS.

For my card today, I used Spook-tacular from Our Craft Lounge. I thought this cat would be cute in the "moon" shape within the sketch. I paper pieced the hat to match the background of the card.

Be sure to check out what Beate, Cambria, Jenn, Lori and Sharon have created using this sketch. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Spook-tacular (Our Craft Lounge); Ink- Onyx Black (Versafine); Paper- Eerie (Basic Grey), Basic Black (SU), Intense Kiwi (Prism); Accessories- circle and scallop circle punches (Marvy-Uchida), paper piercer; Finished card measures 6"x3"

Weekend Sketch Challenge #98

I really can't believe it's Friday already! These weeks go by so fast. Time for another Weekend Sketch Challenge!



For this week's sketch I used the Spook-tacular set from Our Craft Lounge. I thought this sentiment was so cute. . .especially to send to a girlfriend at Halloween! LOL



Be sure to check out what Beate, Laurie, Lori, MaryJo and Sharon have created using this sketch. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Spook-tacular (Our Craft Lounge); Ink- Onyx Black (Versafine), Whisper White Craft (SU); Paper- Halloween Key Ingredients (Taylored Expressions); Accessories- Copic markers, circle and scallop circle punches (SU); Finished card measures 4.25"x5.5"

Weekend Sketch Challenge #97

It's Friday and time for another Weekend Sketch Challenge!

For this sketch, I used the The Places You'll Go set from Taylored Expressions. I just LOVE this set. . .especially having preschool and kindergarten-aged children! I omitted the sentiment that goes with the rocket so that I could use another sentiment in the set. I colored the image with Copic markers. I cut the focal circle piece and matte using Plain Circle Nestabilities. I added some piercings around the circle and lined them using a white gel pen. I added some Old Olive grosgrain as a finishing touch.

Be sure to check out what Beate, Cambria, Jenn, Laurie, Lori, MaryJo and Sharon have created using this sketch. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- The Places You'll Go (Taylored Expressions); Ink- Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Bashful Blue (SU); Paper- Nana's KIDS Stack (DCWV), Riding Hood Red (SU), Prism Papers; Accessories- Copic markers, Smooch, Old Olive grosgrain (SU), paper piercer, white gel pen, Plain Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Finished card measures 4.25" square

Weekend Sketch Challenge #96

Wow, the weeks are just flying by! Another Friday and time for another Weekend Sketch Challenge!

Today I ended up with a very colorful "scrappy" card. I used pieces from my scrap bin to put this card together. All of these pieces happen to be from the Indian Summer Fall Stack from Die Cut With a View. I just love the glitter and foil on the patterned papers. The sentiment is the Romans 12:13 Plain Jane from Verve Stamps.

Check out what Beate, Cambria, Jenn, Laurie, Lori, MaryJo and Sharon have created using this week's sketch. We hope you'll find time to play along! Thanks for stopping by! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Romans 12:13 Plain Jane (Verve Stamps); Ink- Onyx Black (Versafine); Paper- Indian Summer Fall Stack (DCWV); Accessories- ribbon (Taylored Expressions), circle punch (Marvy Uchida); Finished card measures 4.25" square

Weekend Sketch Challenge #95

Well, we've gotten through a whole week of Kindergarten and Savannah STILL loves it! This is very good news! :) The week went REALLY fast though and here we are with another Weekend Sketch Challenge!

For today's card, I used the Berries & Cherries set and Key Ingredients from Taylored Expressions. I had to split up the sentiment to accomodate the sketch, but it worked perfectly! :)



Be sure to stop and see what Beate, Cambria, Jenn, Laurie, Lori, MaryJo and Sharon have created using this week's sketch. I'm sure they'll be fabulous! Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful weekend! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Berries & Cherries (Taylored Expressions); Ink- Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko); Paper- Berries & Cherries Key Ingredients (Taylored Expressions); Accessories- Copic markers, circle and scallop circle punches (Marvy Uchida); Finished card measures 4.25"x5.5"

Weekend Sketch Challenge #94

It's Friday already and time for another Weekend Sketch Challenge. Head on over to Beate's blog to play along!

For today's sketch I used one of the newest releases from Our Craft Lounge called Granny's Potion. I colored granny in with Copic markers and added some spiders and webs in Whisper White Craft ink on the Basic Black cardstock. Isn't that sentiment too funny? :)


Be sure to stop by and see what Beate, Cambria, Laurie, Lori, MaryJo and Sharon have created using today's sketch. Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful weekend! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Granny's Potion (Our Craft Lounge); Ink- Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Whisper White Craft (SU); Paper- Prism, Basic Black (SU); Accessories- Copic markers; Finished card measures 4.25" square

Weekend Sketch Challenge #93

It's Friday and time for another Weekend Sketch Challenge! This time, how about the correct sketch! LOL Head on over to Beate's blog to play along!

For today's sketch, I used the Express Yourself set from Verve Stamps. This is one of the new releases TONIGHT! You can join in at the release party HERE starting at 8pm Eastern!

Be sure to stop by and see what Beate, Cambria, Jenn, Laurie, Lori, MaryJo and Sharon created using today's sketch! Thanks for stopping by today and have a fabulous weekend! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Express Yourself (Verve Stamps); Ink- Onyx Black (Versafine), Lemon Tart (PTI); Paper- Lemon Tart and Bitty Dot Basics (PTI); Accessories- organdy polka dot ribbon (Darice), white gel pen, paper piercer; circle punch (SU), Welcome Baby Cuttlebug folder (Provocraft), scallop circle punch (Marvy Uchida); Finished card measures 4.25" square

Weekend Sketch Challenge #92

Time for another Weekend Sketch Challenge! This week's sketch is hosted by Sharon, so if you'd like to participate (and we hope you will), head on over to Sharon's blog to see the sketch and add your link when you've created your card. If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword WSC92.

For my card today, I dug deep into my scrap bin and pulled out some OLD Halloween paper from Stampin' Up. I loved this paper when it came out and I think I hoarded it! LOL I thought it would pair well with this brand new set from Our Craft Lounge, Spooky Nights. I thought the background paper mimicked the "eyes" that come in the stamp set. I added some stamped eyes, but they're hiding within the patterned paper! :)

Be sure to see what Beate, Cambria, Jenn, Laurie, Lori, MaryJo and Sharon have created using today's sketch. Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT day!

Weekend Sketch Challenge #91

It's Friday and time for another Weekend Sketch Challenge! This week's sketch is being hosted by Beate, so head on over to her blog to see the sketch and play along! If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword WSC91.

For my card, I used the Everyday Button Bits set from Papertrey Ink. I thought the little grouped flower image would work well with this sketch. The paper is from the July 20th Key Ingredients Kit from Taylored Expressions.

Be sure to see what Beate, Cambria, Jenn, Laurie, Lori, MaryJo and Sharon have created using today's sketch. Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT day! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Everyday Button Bits (PTI); Ink- Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Ripe Avocado (PTI); Paper- July 20th Key Ingredients (Taylored Expressions); Accessories- buttons (PTI), flower (Prima), brad (Making Memories), paper piercer, white gel pen; Finished card measures 4.25"x5.5"